The baby name Penuel is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /pəˈnuːəl/ (puh-NOO-el).
Penuel is Hebrew in Origin.
The baby name Penuel is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /pəˈnuːəl/ (puh-NOO-el).
Penuel is Hebrew in Origin.
Penuel is a Hebrew biblical name (Penu’el), a variant of Peniel, formed from panim “face” and ’El “God,” yielding the sense “face of God” or “God’s presence.” In Genesis 32, after wrestling through the night, Jacob names the place Peniel, saying, “I have seen God face to face.” In the Hebrew Bible the spelling alternates between Peniel and Penuel; it appears both as a place east of the Jordan and as several personal names.
As a given name, Penuel saw limited use among English Puritans and later evangelical communities, and it persists sporadically in Jewish and Christian circles. International variants include Peniel, Phanuel (Greek/Latin), Fanuel (especially in Ethiopia and Eritrea), and Pniel (South African form). The apocryphal archangel Phanuel reinforced the variant. Today it remains uncommon, typically masculine but sometimes treated as unisex.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BW | Boys | 0 | #154 | 1 | 4,685 |
| GH | 0 | #248 | 1 | 5,396 | |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #252 | 2 | 6,830 |
| HK | 0 | #357 | 1 | 8,483 | |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #361 | 1 | 8,138 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| ZA | 0 | #434 | 14 | 14,421 | |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #557 | 1 | 12,905 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #560 | 1 | 11,671 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #574 | 2 | 12,054 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #622 | 1 | 9,244 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #822 | 5 | 15,093 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #918 | 263 | 25,619 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #932 | 20 | 16,906 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,033 | 1 | 16,355 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,143 | 1 | 22,615 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,228 | 9 | 25,928 |
Penuel is popular in 11 countries — most recent births per country:
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